Category: Vision

Theme: The Fundamental Scriptures of the Christian Faith
Sub-theme: Holiness
Text: 1 John 1:5-8

Things you should stand on as a Christian
-If you sin, you must confess your sins to God and it is He that forgives and cleanses.
>John 3:16
-An eternal life means you know God and his son Jesus Christ.
>1 John 1:10
>1 John 2:1

How do we grow in Holiness?
-Sin is not desirable. It is not recommended in the Kingdom of God as a Christian.
-Every word of God that we hear is so that we do not sin.
-If you as a Christian sin, there is an advocate who speaks to the father on our behalf and that is Jesus Christ.
-God listens to the voice of the righteous one that is his son Jesus Christ.
However, this should not give Christians the leeway to sin willingly
-Jesus Christ is the attorney. He is the sacrifice for our sins and not only for ours, but also for the whole world.
-If you sin, do not condemn yourself.
>1 John 1:9
All you have to do is act and repent from your sinfulness when you happen to find yourself in sin or sinning.

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1. The Bible school enrollment has started
2. ⁠The two members have completed in the Bible school amongst many that started.
3. ⁠The results will be released next week.
4. ⁠Some of the people have who have completed the Bible school are from Africa and Dr. John might travel to Africa.

3 reasons we do the Bible school
-Legal reasons (those who want to start up churches)
-Knowledge
-Missions

Please note: it’s only the Bible school that has scholarship schemes for now

• 1. We are in the phase of Bible School next cohort enrollment.
  Enrollment is in 3 forms:
  -Legal reasons (those who want to start up churches)
  -Knowledge
  -Missions

Theme: Key Fundamental Scriptures of the Christian Faith 

• Sub-theme: Holiness
  Text: 1 Peter 1:15-16;  Leviticus 20:26

What is Holiness?
As a noun: it is the quality or state of being Holy
Holy means sanctified or separated
Holiness is the attitude and state of mind in which certain activities and thoughts are rejected in order to come closer to God.
Biblical meaning of Holiness: it is being separated or set apart
-The day you became born again, you became Holy.
-The first degree of Holiness is the separation
-God is Holy in that he himself is set apart from any activity that is not godly
1 John 1:5
Why should we be Holy as Christians?
-Because the one who called us (God) is Holy
-God’s people must be Holy by being set apart from sim
-Holiness is separateness that entails moral purity by God’s standards
Areas of Separation
1. Knowledge
2. ⁠Thought
3. ⁠Activities
-When we have the knowledge of God and what he expects of us we begin to grow in Holiness
-Knowledge is important because it teaches you of what God expects of you as a Christian and also who God is
Knowledge is the reason why thoughts are influenced
-The process of knowing the Holy God is aimed at us to be more separated to God
-Just by being born again we are Holy as God has separated us from the world therefore we must grow in Holiness through learning
-Our minds are affected by what we know because we think about what we have learnt
-Our thoughts are informed by what we know through senses, experience and learning.
-To grow in Holiness, shape your thoughts
-It is important that we fill our thoughts with the knowledge of God and the things that please God
-The thoughts we develop based on the knowledge of God will lead us to correct activities or actions
Titus 2:11
-Many good things we do arise from good thoughts
-The actions that please God are evidence of the Holiness that we have
-It is important we fill our thoughts with the knowledge of God and the things that please God. When we do so, we automatically reject wrong thought patterns.

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1. The assessment results will come out in the first week of July 2024
2. The Cohort for the next round is open (PLEASE SIGN UP!!!)

Please note: The Bible school and entrepreneurship are the only Courses with scholarship scheme

Reasons why you should consider Bible School
-Legal Reasons
-For the sake of knowledge
-For Missions

Click on the link below to sign up..

https://westmidlandsopencollege.co.uk/wmoc/

Ministering: Pastor Osaze & Mrs Joyce Imarhiagbe

TOPIC: What is the Purpose of the Local Church?

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Ministering: Pastor Osaze & Mrs Joyce Imarhiagbe

TOPIC: What is the Purpose of the Local Church?

• The local Church is a Member of the great body of Christ.
• The local Church is Ordained by God for an assembly like the tabernacle was in the Old Testament.
• The Church is a place of attention, orderliness, authority……
• Revelation 21:5-8 ; John 1:12
• The Local Church is an ordained assembly to help the Community.
• God has put something in you for the Church and the Church for you.

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Sub-topic: The Local Assembly: Why do we meet as believers?

Summary of the Sermon:
-We will follow what Christ did
Luke 4:14-16
-Jesus lived by the power of the Holy Spirit.
-An Assembly is a place where different dynamics are and God wants people to come and receive their healing, and receive the faith of God.
Mark 1:23-26
-We must be gentle with one another in the local assembly.
-If we as Christians are committed to a local assembly, we can easily begin to invite others.
-Christians should be committed to a local assembly because it is what Jesus practiced and we follow his example.
Luke 4:16-20
-We go to a local assembly because it was Jesus’ custom.
*A custom is a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something to a particular society, place or time.
*It is a tradition of our faith.
-We go to a local assembly because it is a habitual practice.
*The habitual practice is to go to church at least once every week.
John 7:14
*Our example is Jesus our master. What he did, we also do.
*Our master loved congregating in the Temple and the Synagogue.
*Jesus did not just attend but he served in the local church.
-We go to church because it is one of the fundamentals of our faith.
*Like Paul, we should imitate him just as he imitates Christ.
*We should never stop attending church services Simple’s because we cannot stand people*
-We must be participants according to the level of your anointing.
*In the local assembly, you might meet your destiny helper and likewise, you could be someone else’s destiny helper
Mark 1:21
*Because of the importance of the church, the church is our place of; comfort, feeding and exercising our gift for the sake of others.
-We must have factual evidence as Christians.
-When you don’t go to church, you cause other people to fail to climb up the ladder.
-Only you can manifest correctly the gift God has given you.
Matthew 4:23
*You have an opportunity to hear the gospel.
*The local assembly must be a priority whether you have travelled or not.

1. Bible School is fully closed. The 2nd Cohort is open for enrollment end of June.
   Reasons why you should consider Bible School
   -Legal Reasons
   -For the sake of knowledge
   -For Missions